School record



Nov. 3, 1931. H. H. cowme 1,830,506

SCHOOL RECORD Filed Jan. 26, 1951 INVENTOR. f/e/erz ff. COW/72y A TTORNE .J'

Patented Nov; 3, 1931 Fries HELEN H. COWING, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO SCHOOL RECORD Application filed January 26, 1831. Serial No. 511,246.

This invention for teachers and the like relates to a seating plan for a class wherein cards containing small squares under a larger name space provide room for a record of work done by each pupil for a given period. The

record board itself consists of a sheet of cardboard or the like on which is mounted a sheet of binding cloth or similar material out in a series of small slits in such a way that opposite projecting ends of the cards may be inserted to correspond exactly with therelative position of the seats occupied by the pupils of the class. IV hen a pupils seat is changed, his card may easily be changed to correspond.

A second sheet of cloth or paper is mounted on the back of the board, but is not attached thereto except at the edges so as to form a pocket for a summary sheet which is main tained therein, thus providing a permanent record which may be turned in at the end of a semester or a definite period of time.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, said invention, then, con sists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, the annexed drawings and the following description setting forth in detail one approved mode of carrying out the invention, such disclosed mode, however, constituting but one of the various ways in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings Fig. 1 is a broken plan view of the device; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a plan View of the rear of the board; Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the removable cards; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of the device showing the manner of placing one of the cards in position on the board.

This class record consists of a sheet 1 of cardboard or heavy material having a covering 2 of stiff cloth or the like, the edges of f the board being bound with material 3, which hold the cloth sheet in position and which also hold the backing sheet 4 which is cut off below the top of the board to form a pocket for the reception of a summary sheet 5.

The cloth sheet 2 is provided with pairs of slits 6 arranged in vertical and horizontal rows, there being a sufiicient number of rows in each direction to be the equivalent of the number of rows of seats or desks in the room in both directions, and preferably the board will be arranged so as to have enough of such rows asto take care of any normalseating capacity of a school room.

The individual record cards, as best shown in Fig. 5, are rectangular in shape and are provided with a pointed tab 10 at opposite sides preferably at the corners. These tabs are adapted to be inserted in the pairs of slits so that the card lies flat against the board and the tabs are of suflicient length to prevent any accidental removal or displacement of the cards themselves. Each card, as shown, is provided with a space at the top for the name of the pupil and below the same with a series of squares, preferably 5 laterally and as many vertically of the card, as there would be weeks in the session which is to be recorded on the card, such as a six weeks period. The cards are placed on the board with the name of a pupil on each card and so arranged that the board represents the actual seating of the children in the room, and thus in use the teacher automatically registers the oor rect card forv the pupil from the position of his seat in the room, so that oral recitations may easily be credited upon the several cards. This is an aid to the teacher as the eye instantly falls upon the appropriate space and the thought of the recitation is not broken. It is also possible to see at a glance who has recently recited and who has not and in this series of pairs of slits, the slits of each pair being offset with respect to each other, and aligned with the corresponding slits of the other pairs, a plurality of removable record cards, of which one is inserted in each pair of slits and projections on opposite sides of said cards adapted to enter said slits, one side of each of said projections forming an extension of a side of'a card, said extended sides being opposed.

2. In a class record and seating plan, the combination which comprises a board having a sheet of cover material, said sheet having a series of pairs of slits, the slits of each pair being offset with respect to each other, and aligned with the corresponding slits of the other pairs, a plurality of removable record cards, of which one is inserted in each pair of slits and projections on opposite sides of said cards, narrowed at their extremities to facilitate entry of said slits and widened at their bases to prevent movement of the cards, and one side of each of said projections forming an extension of the side of the card, said extendedsides being opposed.

Signed by me this 24th day of J annary,

HELEN H. COWING. 

